Joining

New technologies for the joining of metallic and nonmetallic materials

Welding of hard-to-weld materials

The integration of laser beam welding with short-term heat treatment and adapted filler materials provides a new approach to crack free welding of tough materials such as hardenable and high strength steels, cast iron, aluminum and special alloys as well as parts of high stiffness.

Surface pre-treatment and constructive bonding

Our offered services include pretreatment processes, surface characterization, constructive adhesive bonding of various materials and the determination bonding strength and aging. A new direction aims at the integration of carbon nanotubes into the adhesives.

Component design

The designs we have developed for our partners are suitably strong and efficient to manufacture. With the help of finite element simulations for the design of structural components, we are especially able to take into account the specific changes to the materials due to the different processing steps.

Center Tailored Joining

Cooperation

Dresden represents a unique cluster of know-how in the field of
joining and welding. The Fraunhofer IWS, the Institute of Manufacturing
Technology of the TU Dresden and the University of Applied
Sciences have been conducting research on this topic for
many years. Besides thermal procedures like laser beam welding,
electron beam welding and arc welding, joining processes such as
friction stir welding, magnetic pulse welding, mechanical joining,
adhesive bonding and hybrid technologies are of particular interest.
This brochure provides an overview of available joining technologies
and applications and offers service for component
design, process monitoring, sensor technology and optical measuring
techniques. Our goal is to further expand and to bundle
the existing expertise in this field.

Institute of Manufacturing Technology, TU Dresden

At the Institute of Manufacturing Technology, TU Dresden, the basics of the main fields of manufacturing technology are investigated and the corresponding production processes are further developed.

Chair of Joining Technology, HTW Dresden

At the University of Applied Sciences Dresden a wide range of joining technologies are available for research and process development. Besides conventional arc and pressure based joining, research work focusses on high-power electron-beam technologies for thermal and non-thermal processes.